Tag: Finland

As a little boy was my photographic dream to some day be published by National Geographic and to own a Hasselblad camera. The latter has not been met, but FIMEKO OY borrowed me the Hasselblad’s new digital camera X1D to photograph The Tall Ships Races here in my hometown Kotka, Finland for a time of one week.

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Words such as medium format, Hasselblad, Phase One or studio camera has for the most of us aroused feelings with respect. But, did you know that it was the Ricoh Pentax that first made this form of photography more accessible to all of us! Focus Nordic gave me the opportunity to try Pentax 645Z for a three weeks period. With what result?

Photo Credit: Katja Irjala. Dismason and Pentax 645Z. This shot is taken with Fujifilm X-T2.The camera feels very comfortable to use. It is a ground-breaking camera that fulfills both image quality supremacy and mobility.

Where should I begin the journey, especially when so many photographers claim that this type of cameras are far too slow for e.g. sports photography?

In a sports museum, of course, where everyone is standing still! This image is the exhibition cases reflections at Vellamo, Kotka Finland. The objects in the picture have been used at the Olympic Games in Melbourne, 1956.

But how does it work under severe Arctic weather conditions? I spent two 10-hour days on the ice in the Gulf of Finland in company of snow, ice and freezing water. The mechanics of the camera could stand the cold weather and no extra batteries was needed. Impressive!

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Smart phone has become so common that it arouses no attention to use it for shooting on traveling adventures. These pictures I took on my second trip in a short time to the town of Pietarsaari. This train trip went so smoothly that I now for the first time can imagine a world without cars 😉 All pics are taken with iPhone 5.